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Three South Carolina Districts Are Sliding Backward as the State Hits Record Highs
South Carolina's graduation rate reached 86.7% in 2025, an all-time high. Twenty-seven districts posted their best rate ever. The state produced a record 54,980 graduates.
One in Four Students With Disabilities Won't Graduate on Time in South Carolina
Students with disabilities in South Carolina graduate at 61.6%. The state average is 86.7%. The gap between them (25.1 percentage points) is the second widest in the state's data, behind only youth in...
South Carolina's Boys Are Catching Up, But the Gender Gap in Graduation Remains Nearly 7 Points
South Carolina's gender gap in graduation rates peaked at 12.2 percentage points in 2019. Male students graduated at 75.3%, female students at 87.4%, a chasm that was more than double the national ave...